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Activ workshop closures to leave people like Ryan Gee with a very uncertain future

After spending 16 years in the same job, Ryan Gee never imagined he would be out of work, but the impending closure of Activ workshops in WA has left him and hundreds of others in the cold and facing an uncertain future.

ABC News

Irish para-archer compares Ireland to other countries for accessibility

'Mostly, people are very good and helpful and don’t pass any remarks of me in a chair, but I do get stares from people, just for being out in the world'

Irish Mirror

Irish third-level institutions to get €3m to make campuses more inclusive

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris revealed it as one of two initiatives to support students with autism and those with an intellectual disability

Irish Mirror

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New Adult Disability Payment application guide could help people claim up to £156 each week

Successful claimant’s could receive between £97.80 and £627.60 every four weeks.

Daily Record

DWP PIP being replaced in North and South Lanarkshire with new benefit this month

People in North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire who have a disability or a long-term physical or mental health condition will be able to apply for a new benefit this month

Glasgow Live

DWP: PIP myths that stop people claiming up to £627 each month

Millions of UK residents could be claiming financial financial support, but don't as they worry they're ineligible

Chronicle Live

DWP clarifies people on certain benefits will not qualify for new cost of living payment worth £650

DWP has also updated guidance for couples receiving benefits or Tax Credits.

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Wheelchair users say states should spend new road money on safety

On a Sunday afternoon in May 2021, Patsy Ellison left her Knoxville, Tennessee, apartment in her motorized wheelchair and started to cross a nearby street, as she often did. She never made it.

Tribune News Service

Online abuse against women is rife, but some women suffer more – and we need to step up for them

Women online suffer a disproportionate amount of harm and abuse, but it isn’t all based on their gender. This “cyber violence” is also shaped by a range of other intersecting factors such as race, religion, class, caste and disability.

The Conversation

PIP myths that stop people claiming up to £627 from the DWP

Millions of people could be claiming financial support

Liverpool Echo

New disability payment set to replace PIP for first-time claimants in three locations this month

The next pilot areas to open for applications will be in Angus, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

Daily Record

'Inadequate' learning disability centre branded 'unsafe' as investigators uncover two-month backlog of letters for GPs and patients

The service 'did not provide safe care' and left two patients 'without medicines for two weeks until staff eventually dropped their prescription off', investigators found

Manchester Evening News

Every cost of living payment you can claim - how to apply and who is eligible

To help offset the financial burden of the worsening cost of living crisis, the UK Government has announced a range of one-off payments available throughout the year

Glasgow Live

What you need to do to get your cost of living payment

The UK Government is offering some cash to many people struggling with the cost of living

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Daily Mirror

Martin Lewis warns thousands won't get £650 cost of living help - see who will

Martin Lewis has warned that people who claim Personal Independence Allowance, Carers Allowance, and contributory-based Employment and Support Allowance won't get the £650 cost of living payment

The Guardian - UK

The decade that broke Britain: the disastrous decisions that left millions in a cost of living crisis

The government is keen to blame growing levels of poverty on Covid and the Ukraine war. But policies from the benefits cap to the bedroom tax have left households on the brink amid the cost of living crisis. Here are 10 of the worst

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Anti-Poverty Advocates Say Albanese’s Childhood Rhetoric Is ‘Cruel’ When He Won’t Raise JobSeeker

Advocacy groups say Albanese is giving "false hope" to welfare recipients by sharing his mum's story without raising JobSeeker.

Daily Record

PIP claimants will see 13 big changes when they transfer to new disability payment this year

Adult Disability Payment will open in three more council areas on June 20.

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The Times of India

Activists condemn exclusion of 16 disabilities by Tamil Nadu welfare board

CHENNAI: On World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Day, disability rights activists highlighted the exclusion of people with the condition and other disabilities from government welfare schemes.

The Times of India

Give disability certificate at doorstep: Madras high court

CHENNAI: The Madras high court on Tuesday directed health professionals to visit those who have applied for disability certificates at their homes to carry out assessments, especially of mental health, instead of asking them to visit crowded government hospitals.

Daily Mirror

Love Island's Tasha explains 'superpower' hearing loss as she's supported by Strictly's Rose

Tasha Ghouri has touched on her disability in an inspirational post which opened up about her 'superpower'

The Guardian - AU

NDIS agency to spend $50m on lawyers to fight people with disability who appealed funding cuts

Critics argue national disability insurance scheme participants are increasingly being pitted against solicitors from top firms

The Times of India

Paralympic discus thrower Vinod Kumar banned for two years for intentional misrepresentation of abilities during Tokyo Games

NEW DELHI: Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar, who had lost his F-52 category bronze medal at the Tokyo Paralympics after being found ineligible in his disability classification assessment, was on Tuesday banned for two years by the Board of Appeal of Classification (BAC) for the intentional misrepresentation of his abilities…

Nottingham Post

11 DWP PIP myths that stop people claiming up to £627 every month

There is support out there for millions of people

Edinburgh Live

Cost of living Scotland payment dates and claimant eligibility criteria

In response to the worsening cost of living crisis, a number of one-off payments and discounts have been announced for households across the UK — though the eligibility criteria differs for each one

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